Event 123

approved csv-import Updated 2025-11-25T13:05:30.637944Z
Status: approved Confidence: Low Category: Uncategorized Country: Estonia Source: csv-import URL: https://x.com/ragnars/status/1757668657927196824 πŸ”—
πŸ• Event Time: 2024-02-14T12:00:00Z
βž• Created: 2025-11-22T22:47:31.143421+00:00
✏️ Updated: 2025-11-25T13:05:30.637944Z

Summary

Headline: Estonia's First Defence Tech Meetup Signals Rapid Growth in Sector

Short Summary: Estonia hosted its first Defence Tech meetup with notable interest from Baltic/Nordic participants and international investors, emphasizing growth in defence innovation, especially drone tech.

Description and Notes

The first Defence Tech meetup in Estonia drew over 300 interested participants, highlighting a surge in defence-tech activity. The event gathered startup founders, engineers, investors from Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, as well as numerous stealth defence startups working at high speed, notably on drone projects. A presentation by an ex-CERN scientist on a disruptive, cost-effective product was featured. Estonia is seeing strong momentum and investment interest in its Defence Tech sector.

Notes: Estonian Start-up Defense Tech (~200 drone startups reported in February 2024) (Ragnar on Twitter)

Evidence

Media
  • "I have never seen momentum like yesterday in our first Defence Tech meetup in Tallinn! Despite very short notice - more than 300 people were interested – sadly we could fit only 150 & including folks ..."
  • "Many local & European investors I have talked to in recent weeks are not only open to investing but scouting already in Defence Tech!"
  • "Most inspiring from the first events was how & with what speed Ukrainian teams are building! ... And whopping 200 teams / startups are working only on drone projects!"
  • "The most astonishing talk was by an ex-scientist from the CERN, whose product is at least 20x cheaper than any alternative now."
  • "Our next event is already in April but for Estonia’s ecosystem Defence Tech will be the fastest-growing vertical in 2024 & beyond!"
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